800w Inverter genny $149, sale ending today

It looks like a good deal. Thanks for posting.

I call it HoDePo. :)

did you read the reviews on this thing, plastic housing broke, the choke lever broke, this was on only one guy who wrote a one star review. good enough review for me not to buy one. just like harbor freight, one guy wrote you could not even buy a fuels cap for theirs

6.7 Amps and not recommended for over 3000ft elevation. So what can you do with it? Trickle charge a battery at sea level and ??? I realize you are just passing along information, but ...

BTW: Harbor Freight has essentially the same generator for less. I think it was $88 with a coupon recently.

NMDriver wrote:
6.7 Amps and not recommended for over 3000ft elevation. So what can you do with it? Trickle charge a battery at sea level and ??? I realize you are just passing along information, but ...

BTW: Harbor Freight has essentially the same generator for less. I think it was $88 with a coupon recently.

Link for that? The cheapest inverter generator I see is $500 on HF.

HD is sold out of the one the OP posted - for $150 I was going to give it a whirl. I have a specific use that would have really been great for that little generator.

Please show a little respect to the OP.

"PLEASE... don't drag this off topic about all the complaining of how good or bad it may be, we've done that a thousand times already. I'm just passing on what is a pretty good price on a budget genny. Not everyone can afford $700 for a 1k gen..."

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I have the $80 generator from HFT, but it even it did good job on my camper when AC wasn't needed, it is 2-cycle and hard to start.
Since this year I bought patio boat, I figured out this might be good back-up for lot of my toys.
Order placed, thanks for posting.

I’m always looking for deals, so thank you for the link. I still prefer my convenient built in Onan running on LPG rather than schlepping additional devices and fuel, but a small quiet generator may come in handy elsewhere. I think my enclosed trailer could benefit from a generator that outputs 220vac, but that’s because I use it as a shop and garage when traveling with toys.

Their 2000 Watt version runs off propane out of the box, too.

Thanks for posting, even if too late. I gotta say, if I didn't already have the Honda 2000 to run the AC, this would be a tempting addition to put a charge in the batteries those times mother nature strings together a couple cloudy days.

I've looked at propane conversions on engines. Refueling is less convenient with LPG tanks and fuel energy is less resulting in higher consumption, but having a cleaner running engine and fuel that does not deteriorate in the system so quickly when sitting does have its benefits.

Converting an external generator to LPG is an option, but the lack of remote start/stop in the smaller units, additional setup/teardown and the security concerns of an external is what has made me a three time built in Onan purchaser.

I looked at larger external inverter generators that had remote operation features and tried to figure out how to fit them into an existing generator enclosure, but always ran into heat dissipation or physical dimension conflicts. If I was building out an enclosed trailer with a custom power box, I could make it work. Maybe this is why I keep look at alternatives even though I have not found a better solution for my type of use.